Tomorrow Euro 2012 Starts.

I was sceptical about the upcoming event all the time. I had no optimism about preparations tempo and infrastructure optimization maximum reaching. Well, I admitted I wasn't right about the total progress and local officialdom enthusiasm. But what do I see now? All the improvements have been made in Euro taking cities only. Match tickets and the official Euro 2012 merch are too expensive for an average Ukrainian. Any case, I hope everything will be all right and my Motherland get more international prestige.

Blog Is Not Closed

Dear English speaking friend of mine. I haven’t closed or abandoned the blog. I just have too many things to do and experience a severe lack of deep philosophic thoughts. I’m sure the period is not for evermore. So I’ll be back as soon as I jot down something worth of your attention. Don’t be angry with me. All the best, Basil.

Giant Sheatfish Lives in the Dnipro River.

From the early to mid-1990s, there were rumors of huge man-eating sheatfish those lived in the Dnipro River and dragged dogs, cattle, and even the careless children in the river pits. Well, it was something like a regular reporting about UFOs, or yeti, few took it seriously.

However, the fact that Dnipropetrovs’k fishermen contest participant from Zaporizhzhia caught a sheatfish weighing 77 kg, confirmed that giant Dnipro sheatfish exists. These sheatfish, of course, hardly could be cannibals, but the fact remains fact.

Michael Urvantsev fishes all his life. Over the past few years, he has been specializing in catching sheatfish. Untill our illustrious compatriot, caught almost a hundred kg record-breaking barbel the fisherman already had caught 30 and 40-kg fish (average sheatfish is 2-10 kg.). The fisherman had his most memorable mustachioed catch a in the autumn season last year.

Early in the morning in early September he and his assistant fished right along the lines of the Dnipro River . Bait, said the master of a fishing rod, was a traditional combination of a leech and a mole cricket. River titan appeared in the evening. Approximately one and a half of an hour took to torment and pull this mighty fish into the boat. Alas, Zaporizhzhian hasn’t won the contest, but agree it is sure a fishing success.

New Year's Reflection

I’ve rested fully and for a long time. Now I'm doing my business even more thoroughly and vigorously. I am full of optimism and zeal, even more clearly formulate goals and objectives. In general, all is excellent.

Prior to the 14th of January I’m working at maximum, on the 14th of January I have a little rest, then working again! Excellent! Industriousness, harmony, perseverance, orderliness, attention: all this, the important mites in general happiness.

Happy New Year 2012

I'm not a president, not a spiritual leader, not the head of a large corporation, however, I have exactly the same as theirs, desire to wish Happy New Year to all of you. All of us, regardless of race, national origin, religion, type of culture, personal preferences are people. All of us want happy and a healthy, decent and pleasant life.

I sincerely wish all of us, the people, become, albeit slightly, but closer to happiness, joy, health, decent and pleasant life in the new year. Let's enter the new 2012 with optimism, determination and belief that the best years of our life are still ahead, it's true. Dear people, in new 2012 year I wish you all happiness, health and success!

Halloween

In the Catholic and Protestant countries, Halloween is a family holiday got by mixing "All Saints Day" and Celtic Samhain. Halloween is celebrated in the West in the majority of schools and universities. This is a holiday recognized by UNICEF.

In our country, as elsewhere in the CIS, Halloween is a celebration, imported and marginal, is more an occasion for friends to gather and organize a masquerade than the actual holiday. The masquerade is always fun here.

Citius, Altius, Fortius!

I discipline and arrange myself more and more. The sharp increase in workload and a desire to live, not to exist, the thrust to get better and better force to continuously improve my capabilities - to increase the efficiency and degree of stress defence. I have never felt so good and harmonious as it is now. I am becoming more and more convinced that all needs high qualitative and systematic training ... I train diligently and know that it is very far from my limits far from what I really can. I can be better and will be better ...